Bios - Platform/Combination Therapy Selection in Multiple Sclerosis

Frederick E. Munschauer, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology and Internal Medicine
State University of New York at buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Frederick E. Munschauer, MD, is a board-certified specialist in neurology and internal medicine with a subspecialty in critical care. He is a professor of clinical neurology and internal medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and serves as interim chairman of the department of neurology, as well as acting chief of the Jacobs Neurological Institute of Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Munschauer received his medical degree from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and completed an internship and residency in internal medicine and a residency in neurology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also completed a fellowship in neurological and neurosurgical intensive care at the National Hospital for Nervous Disease in London. Dr. Munschauer is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Neuroimaging, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Munschauer has researched extensively in the use of interferon-b1a (IFN-b1a) as treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and was co-investigator of phase III clinical trials and the CHAMPS study. His publications include the phase III clinical trial results, as well as the rationale for early treatment of MS with IFN-b1a, and managing side effects of IFN-b1a in patients. Dr Munschauer lectures nationally and internationally on the use of IFN-b1a in patients with MS, and is considered one of the leaders in the field of MS treatment.

William H. Stuart, MD
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Emory University Medical School

William H. Stuart, MD, graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1961. Following an internship at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Stuart returned to Northwestern University where he completed an internal medicine residency. He subsequently served as an epidemic intelligence service officer at the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta for two years following which he completed a three-year fellowship in neurology at Emory University Medical School. Upon completion of this training, and serving at the NINDS he entered private practice in the Atlanta area forming the Atlanta Neurological Clinic, subsequently renamed The Peachtree Neurological Clinic in 1990.

Dr. Stuart began his focused interest in multiple sclerosis in 1988 and developed the Multiple Sclerosis Comprehensive Care and Research Center at Shepherd Center in 1991. He resigned this position in January 2001 to become Medical Director of The MS Center of Atlanta and form the MS Foundation of Georgia and the MS Research of Georgia.

Dr. Stuart has maintained a broad interest in education and has served as a clinical professor of neurology at Emory University Medical School since 1987. Dr. Stuart's board certification includes the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.